And Now For Something Completely Different

 Week commencing 19th October 2020

Monday was a nice pleasant sort of a day , it saw volunteers spread far and wide around the station doing various tasks.

The first thing to do is always more physical it seams than the rest of the days work.

A few finished Panels to shift up to the box , Brian and Ron eager to move the next one , soon wore off after the third !

Dave and Ron resorted to something more gentle .

 

Clearing the track bed of the build up of Pine cones and needles

 

And where did they all end up , on Tony's fire. A steady flow of wheel barrows kept it alight all day

Ian was back on the trellis until he ran out of  Wood preservative.

Pete and Brian had a nice steady job in the sun on the slope  , Ivy and weed removing. In places its beginning to  look quite good as the grass has begun to spread into the areas where the weeds have been removed.

 

Dave and Ron having tidied up the track bed moved over to platform 2 , the pictured just shows how much rubbish has been swept up just from the gate post.

 

Ian having run out of wood preserver then moved over to help Mike on the Spear fencing. 

Wednesday

We should have stayed in bed looking at the weather forecast , rain all day .

but the number of volunteers who turned up to brave the weather were higher than normal.

No painters , no point , no Gardeners , too wet , no sweepers of the drive .but what we did get was Volunteers willing to do a bit of grafting.

Peter K had constructed a new gate !

The gate will be fitted at the left of the signal box at the top of the stairs leading down to the locking room . First you need a post to hang it on , a sturdy post. Which by chance had been lying on the floor outside the signal box for ages.

The volunteers to do the task comprised of  Keith , Rod , Terry ( Can I Say Broadway Veterans and welcome back ) and also had the help of some of the usual  Broadway team.

Then after a great deal of measuring the post was in.

Why stop there , we have Spear fencing panels waiting to be fitted .Out with the tape and the motorized auger.

First the one

Then another

and finally a third .

I'm sure that if we hadn't have run out of bags of post create they would have gone farther but an excellent days work considering the weather.

Only other small job was in the workshop where Dave and Ian rubbed down and undercoated the wood for the GWR seat . The new gate had been too wet and cold to apply a red oxide coat of paint.

Only the one Train today " Dinmore Manor  " on duty, under grey October Skies.